''Underwoods'' is a collection of poems by
Robert Louis Stevenson
Robert Louis Stevenson (born Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson; 13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as ''Treasure Island'', ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll a ...
published in
1887
Events
January–March
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* January 20
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. It comprises two books, Book I with 38 poems in English, Book II with 16 poems in
Scots. He says in the initial note that "I am from the
Lothians myself; it is there I heard the language spoken about my childhood; and it is in the drawling Lothian voice that I repeat it to myself."
The dedication is to "a few out of many doctors who have brought me comfort and help." He starts by saying that "There are men and classes of men that stand above the common herd: the soldier, the sailor and the shepherd not infrequently; the artist rarely; rarer still the clergyman; the physician almost as a rule. He is the flower (such as it is) of our civilization ...."
Stevenson mainly relies on English spelling, but touches on Scottish spelling, pridefully creating a "fresh stumbling-block for English readers"
External links
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''Underwoods''HTML version.
''Underwoods''at archive.org
{{Robert Louis Stevenson
1887 books
Poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson
British poetry collections